Cancer vaccines: Empowering the immune system
Recently, doctors announced some extremely encouraging news about a jab for people with advanced forms of several types of malignancy, including melanoma, lung cancer and other solid organ tumours. Th...
24 Sep 202433min
Pager attacks in Lebanon, and resurrecting ancient seeds
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: what do we know about the pagers and walkie-talkies used to attack Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon? Also the landmark study on the impact of pregnancy on the hum...
20 Sep 202434min
Engineers vs climate change
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, how engineers are using novel concepts and ideas to attempt to tackle the climate crisis... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientist...
17 Sep 202437min
Lockdown aged young brains, and dealing with nuclear waste
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: How COVID-19 lockdowns affected the brain development of teenagers; how best to dispose of dangerous nuclear waste; and why the UK's puffin population is thriv...
13 Sep 202433min
What's the point of the appendix?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we take a fresh look at the appendix. Despite its historical reputation of being a useless part of the body, have new studies shone a light on the pivotal func...
10 Sep 202429min
Reinforced skin for amputees, and could E.T. be an AI?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Scientists uncover a way to help amputees toughen up their skin to make prostheses more comfortable; Covid mRNA jab pharmaceutical company Moderna turn their a...
6 Sep 202433min
You can teach an old mine new tricks
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, teaching an old mine new tricks: how old mines are being repurposed in the name of science... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scienti...
3 Sep 202431min
The UK's smoking and vaping plans, and stranded astronauts
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: How the UK looks set to take the world's toughest line on smoking; the new study showing that last year's Canadian wildfires pumped more CO2 into the atmospher...
30 Aug 202431min
